This week we started working with Photoshop. Its a pretty simple program with a lot of flaws, but it is generally considered the best in photo editing, and its a plus that it kinda looks like Microsoft's Paint program. The overall design and layout are fine, but its the initial kinks and quirks that it has that will drive you up a wall. In class we only did a few basic things, coloring a background, adding text, and adding images. From there I've learned that trying to move anything around will result with you have to remove random new layers and having to unlock layers that weren't previously locked. Too many problems for just trying to change the justification of an image in my opinion. Moving on from my diatribe, Photoshop does make life a lot easier in a number of ways and one of those is the handy Photoshop Help Center. They answer lots of questions that will have you searching the internet for hours. A good sign of a good product is a good help center.
Another resource you always have available to you are videos on YouTube. They offer a visual route to learning the program which can be very beneficial what with it hiding a lot of its brushed under other brushes and other simple yet difficult to find tools. Here are two great videos that I found, there are plenty more, but these will get you on the right track.
Adobe Photoshop 101
Basic Photoshop Tools
Richmond, Johnathan. "Adobe Photoshop 101: The Basics." 21 May 2009. Online Video Clip.
YouTube. Accessed on 11 January 2012.
"Tutorial #1 - Basic Photoshop Tools." 27 April 2008. Online Video Clip. YouTube. Accessed on 11 January 2012.
"Adobe Help Center". Adobe. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. <http://www.adobe.com/support/photoshop/>.
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